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Trump said D.C. Mayor Bowser's ratings have gone up for cooperating with his administration, citing unspecified data. Our mid-August Post-Schar School D.C. poll found Bowser's approval rating was 53%, same as in May. 48% said she should do more to oppose Trump www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Seeing much debate over Trump’s latest remarks on covid and RFK Jr Some relevant reporting Yesterday: Steve Bannon told WaPo (left) that he wanted Trump to post asap on TruthSocial, and his admin to push on vaccine data Today: Trump posts a TruthSocial (right), demanding more covid vaccine data
New: After a Tesla driver using Autopilot plowed into a Florida couple in 2019, killing a 22-year-old woman, crucial data detailing how the wreck unfolded was missing, unable to be located for years. A hacker found it and Tesla said in court it had been on its own servers all along. wapo.st/46dCoQI
The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Notable to see Obama speaking out more
CNN correspondent right now citing several of our stories: “I think we are going to keep quoting the @washingtonpost.” @jaketapper: “A great paper.”
As something of a side note, RFK Jr. said twice today that the CDC website touts abortion as one of the greatest medical advancements. It does not, as @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & @caitlingilbert.bsky.social reported www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Scoop - the White House is tapping JIM O'NEILL to serve as acting head of CDC, people familiar tell me O'Neill has been serving as RFK Jr's deputy secretary. He has been vocally supportive of vaccines in the past, but also criticized Biden covid vax response. More at The Post:
Breaking news: The Trump administration placed some FEMA employees on leave Tuesday after they signed an open letter of dissent about the agency’s leadership, according to documents reviewed by The Post.
Trump “has taken credit for ending an ever-increasing roster of conflicts,” @mbirnbaum.bsky.social writes: “Last week’s tally started at six and by Friday was 10, ‘if you think about pre-wars’” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
New: Emma Maria Mazzenga is an elite sprinter with four age-group world records and she's running out of competition. “In Italy, it’s just me,” Mazzenga said in Italian over the phone in July. “At the world championships, it was me and an American.” No paywall -- wapo.st/4oXOJjB
BREAKING: Kennedy Center to host 2026 World Cup draw, Trump says. He also suggested Putin might attend and once again referenced renaming the center after himself. Read more: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Early August Pew poll: "A 58% majority of Americans favor allowing any voter to cast their ballot by mail if they want to." Strong partisan divide, but also greater support among states where mail voting is already common. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
NEW: "President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to 'lead a movement' to end mail-in voting comes as a 58% majority of Americans favor allowing any voter to cast their ballot by mail if they want to. But Democrats and Republicans continue to hold starkly different views."
It's higher than Trump's 6% support in the city in 2024, as noted in the story
Trump calls DC “the most unsafe place anywhere,” but 78% of residents feel safe in their neighborhoods and only 17% support the federal takeover per @washingtonpost.com @scharschool.bsky.social poll. @joeheim.bsky.social @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Trump, GOP portray cities as chaotic dystopias in need of occupation - smart story with history about populists hating on cities from The Post's Naftali Bendavid, who has been on a tear www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Restaurant owners tell the Washington Post that sending troops into civilian areas seems to have scared off their customers www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/08...
Black, White, old, young, large majorities of every segment of D.C. residents oppose Trump taking over the city's police dept and deployment of the National Guard/federal officers docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Despite signs of D.C. residents rallying around their city, Mayor Muriel Bowser's has received no boost since Trump's takeover of D.C. police. 53% approve/41% disapprove, identical to our May Post-Schar School poll. wapo.st/45EHfZQ
Smart analysis from Schar School dean Mark Rozell explaining how D.C. residents have reacted wapo.st/45EHfZQ
Trump's police takeover appears to have boosted support for D.C. statehood, which reached a record high in our Post-Schar School poll wapo.st/45EHfZQ
What do D.C. residents think would reduce crime? Most say boosting opportunity in poor areas, stricter national gun laws, increasing D.C. police patrols and violence interruption strategies would do so. 46% say increasing punishments for teens, 14% permanent fed control of the police wapo.st/45EHfZQ
22% of D.C. residents still cite crime as the city's top problem in an open-ended question, but that's now roughly matched by 24% who name Trump and his administration's actions. Just 12% mentioned Trump in our May poll wapo.st/45EHfZQ
D.C. crime concerns are down sharply, continuing a decline since Spring 2024. The drops were big among Democrats and independents, White and Black residents as well as other groups wapo.st/45EHfZQ
We asked D.C. residents what they think about Trump's takeover of local police and deployment of troops/federal agents, along with crime, statehood, the mayor and related issues wapo.st/45EHfZQ
New Washington Post-Schar School poll: Most D.C. residents strongly oppose Trump’s city police takeover, with crime concerns continue a sharp decline and statehood support reaches a record high. Story w/ @joeheim.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
JUST IN via @washingtonpost.com's Perry Stein & @emilydavies.bsky.social: "DOJ investigating #DC police over alleged fake crime data Pres. Donald #Trump confirmed the existence of the probe on social media, saying the city is 'under serious investigation.'" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Survey of Retired NFL Players Finds the Vast Majority Say Pro Football Left Them With a Range of Serious Health Problems. (@kff.org / @espn.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250817
Trump voters' confidence in US election procedures increased dramatically in the wake of his 2024 victory – including their confidence in absentee or mail-in voting. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
In D.C., "More than 40 percent of the roughly 300 arrests reported by the White House targeted undocumented immigrants." www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
WUSA-TV - DC restaurants saw a more than 25% drop in diners in the days following President Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Pew putting their validated vote data to use to highlight the erosion in support for President Trump among the younger voters who supported him in 2024 www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
Trump’s answer to numbers he doesn’t like: Change them or throw them away www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
About half of the 800 National Guard troops mobilized by President Trump to Washington have processed in. Some are already on the streets, patrolling "high-visibility" areas, with "weapons available if needed," per @taracopp.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump wants to extend D.C. takeover, calls statehood ‘ridiculous’ www.washingtonpost.com/video/politi...
Big+challenging moment for D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser. In May, 47% of D.C. residents said she should be "doing more to oppose Trump," 40% said she was handling this about right. Just 5% said she should do more to support him www.washingtonpost.com/documents/85... www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
This is an excellent time to subscribe to D.C.'s hometown paper. The staff working on explaining Trump's announced takeover are the best of reporters from Local, Politics and National, not to mention polling on what D.C. residents think. subscribe.washingtonpost.com
I joined The Post's very lively live blog: D.C. residents took Trump’s threats to take over city seriously www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
In May, 77% of D.C. residents were extremely or very concerned about him trying to take over D.C., according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. Even more were concerned about Congress reducing D.C.'s budget www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington to fight crime and clear the city of its homeless population www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The D.C. crime drop has been sustained enough to benefit Mayor Muriel Bowser's political standing - her approval rating grew from 46%->53% points and positive ratings for reducing crime grew from 25%->38% www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
This Spring, 50% of D.C. residents said crime was an extremely or very serious problem down from 65% in 2024 and 56% in 2023, according to Washington Post-Schar School polls. 21% said it was the city's biggest problem, down from 36% in 2022 to 21% this year www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
NEWS: The Smithsonian restored Trump to the impeachment display in the National Museum of American History: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
A new iPhone update threatens to upend public opinion research, particularly state and local polls - Op-ed from pollster Patrick Ruffini www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
JUST IN via @washingtonpost.com: "#Texas GOP governor sues to remove Democratic leader amid election map fight Gov. Greg #Abbott filed his lawsuit as other top Republicans raised the prospect of intensifying law enforcement actions against Democrats." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Read @karentumlin.bsky.social first column as The Post's Chief Political correspondent: Democrats take off the gloves on redistricting — but could it backfire? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The Post exposed this farmer’s struggle. Then the USDA called. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Dan Balz is the best.
Really great step-by-step fact-check thread by @cnbc.com Senior Economics reporter @steveliesman.bsky.social of stuff #Trump has said about the Bureau of Labor Statistics re: #JobsNumbers #Economy #JobsNumber
New: A few weeks ago, when my father-in-law died, the funeral home asked if we wanted to use AI to write his obituary. So I dug into it and found that it's the biggest new trend in "death care." Tens of thousands of AI obits have been made already. Often the families don't even know wapo.st/4okuxIg
Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Washington Post has just published every single known name. A seminal moment.
Also, hi! I'm fully installed here in Germany as the @washingtonpost.com Berlin bureau chief. Please follow me for news out of Germany and central Europe, and random musings on beer, trains, and sausages.
Here is The Post's story today on the proposed changes by @jakespring.bsky.social & @anushamathur.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
On EPA's move to end climate regulation on greenhouse emissions by cars, a 2022 Gallup poll found bipartisan support for higher fuel efficiency standards for cars, trucks and buses, including 71% of the public overall news.gallup.com/poll/391679/...
One thing that can happen in polling is that partisans will be reticent to express disapproval of their party/candidate so they instead say they aren't sure. The new Post poll shows that as a factor in GOP views of Trump and Epstein. www.pbump.net/o/trump-find...
In their own words: Why Americans are paying attention to the Epstein file news wapo.st/3HaN2hv
Americans broadly suspect the Epstein files contain embarrassing info about Trump, Democrats and billionaires, and only 15% accept the medical examiner's ruling that Epstein died by suicide (44% think he was murdered, 42% are unsure) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Trump receives strikingly low ratings for handling issues related to the Epstein files (16% approve, 58% disapprove, 26% no opinion). Scattered Republican views are are a big reason - 38% approve, 24% disapprove, 38% no opinion. Via Washington Post poll -> www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
New @gallup.com survey finds that 32% of Americans support Israel's military action in Gaza, a new low. 71% of Republicans favor it, vs. 8% of Democrats. news.gallup.com/poll/692948/...
What do Americans think about Trump and Epstein? We texted them to ask and they told us. wapo.st/3HaN2hv
New Washington Post poll on Trump and the Epstein files, including open-ended answers on why people are following the issue and approve/disapprove/have no opinion of Trump's handling of the issue -> www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... Full results -> www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2025/...
American men are 31 points more likely than women to say the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified, Pew finds. That's about 3 times the gender gap in support for Trump/Harris last year www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
What would a 1,500 percent price cut even mean? Naftali Bendavid is on it www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The residents of Westernport, Maryland, overwhelmingly voted for Trump. But after FEMA denied its aid request, the town feels like the president has turned his back on them.
Also helps replicate our June Post-Ipsos poll which tested a variety of specific measures www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Appreciate the Fox News poll's thorough testing of support for the "Big Beautiful Bill," including overall support (39% approve/58% disapprove), if people think it will help/hurt them as well as 12 specific parts, illustrating the wide range in support www.foxnews.com/official-pol...
💉Our rundown of the changes in access to different vaccines under RFK Jr’s HHS: From @lenasun.bsky.social @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @rachelroubein.bsky.social gift link: wapo.st/4mau4q4
Chart: US political party affiliation by age and gender in 2025 www.pewresearch.org/politics/fac... Source: National Public Opinion Reference Survey
Pew Research Center released its NPORS benchmarking survey Wednesday and announced its future polls will weight by 2024 turnout/vote choice, explaining the decision in a blog post -> www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025...
Pew tracked what ppl do when they get Google AI summaries: Users who encountered an AI summary clicked on a traditional search result link in 8% of all visits. Those who did not encounter an AI summary clicked on a search result nearly twice as often (15%) www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Nice to see @doherty13.bsky.social with a smart piece for @politico.com today: "A Polling Analyst Digs Into Trump’s Ratings and the Epstein Saga"
An April Post-ABC-Ipsos poll found 66% of Americans taking Harvard's side in its dispute with the Trump administration Topline: www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2025/... Crosstabs: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Yes www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/07...
Trump calls for Commanders to return to old name, threatens D.C.'s stadium deal, via The Post's Adam Kilgore. Includes Post-Schar School polling on how fans have embraced the new name after a successful season www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
It's the *37th* shark week this year. I jumped on the phone with two shark researchers, Neil Hammerschlag and Chris Lowe, and asked: What do you want the public to know about sharks? No paywall: wapo.st/3GBs4s1
Icymi fom May: As Commanders won on the field, support for the team’s name soared, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
New from us today: Americans largely oppose recent efforts by Donald Trump’s administration to scale up its deportation program, with a rising majority saying the president has gone too far in carrying out deportations. www.cnn.com/2025/07/20/p...
Rad the penultimate Sunday Take by the incomparable Dan Balz who is retiring: Consumed by Epstein, Trump has lost ground on the economy and immigration. Trump promised a new “Golden Age," but six months in, the public isn’t buying all the hype. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
WSJ claimed the Trump–Epstein article was an “exclusive.” But what if I told you they fully intended to show it to people? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It's my last day at The Post. Allow me to commemorate my tenure there by noting that, at different points, I irritated Donald Trump¹, James Comer², and the Russian government. ¹ From Marty Baron's book. ² From Comer's. 99% of this is false, true to form.
Inside the powerful task force spearheading Trump’s assault on colleges, DEI, based on interviews with 40 administration officials, administration allies, university officials and others familiar with the task force’s work. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Boz not messing around “The Lerner family either should run the Washington Nationals properly or sell the team.” www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
A RARE WIN FOR HAITI’S OUTNUMBERED, OUTGUNNED POLICE Dozens of officers, working under steady gunfire, helped rescue thousands of pieces from the country's famed Centre d’Art. We're “here to protect and serve,” one said. “In this case, we saved a part of our national identity” wapo.st/3Gx3JDI
Great job opportunity at Pew, perhaps for someone coming out of the USAID and international development space pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
4 new polls show Americans want transparency on Epstein and don’t think they’re getting it. Smart rundown from @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
NEW from @pewresearch.org: 6 facts about Fox News "The cable channel Rupert Murdoch launched in 1996 holds a unique place in the American media landscape, particularly for those on the ideological right."
Was not necessarily expecting to read a profoundly weird, funny and ultimately rather beautiful essay about Elon Musk's waifu bot in the Washington Post newspaper today but here we are www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
New, exclusive Washington Post analysis shows 1 in 5 senior Trump appointees held cryptocurrency or related assets, a milestone as the administration seeks to advance the crypto industry www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
As Congress votes to cut foreign aid, this chart from a March @pewresearch.org survey shows which types of foreign aid do and don't have majority support among Americans: www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
But how did you get your "representative sample," sir?
♫ The eyes of the pollster are upon you ♫
Do Markets Value Fed Independence? An Event Study.
The BLS's issues with CPI data collection appear to be getting worse. The share of uncollected items subject to "different cell" imputation (meaning they're based on different items or items from different geographies) hit another record last month. (Data goes back to 2019.) #EconSky #NumbersDay
In most surveyed countries, people still prioritize close economic ties with the US over China. But attitudes have moved in China's direction. In Australia, more people now prioritize close economic ties with China than the US – a reversal from 2021. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Instant add to my reading list: "Estimating public opinion from surveys: the impact of including a “don't know” response option in policy preference questions", new in PSRM www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings, another big scoop from @mariasacchetti.bsky.social & @carolleonnig.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Under Trump, the government mobilizes in response to fringe theories. Smart story from Naftali Bendavid www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Damn, this is a great investigation by my Washington Post colleagues www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...